Özlem Köksal is Lecturer in Film Television and Moving Image at the University of Westminster, UK.

A brilliant volume that will become a canonical text in the studies of the cinema of Turkey. Ozlem Koksal eloquently and impeccably scrutinizes the concept of displacement and its representation within films about minorities in Turkey. Koksal rigorously analyzes these films in the light of memory, language, and minority experience while providing a brilliant and engaging history of Turkish cinema—particularly its relationship to aesthetics, identity, and genocide. Aesthetics of Displacement is indispensable for anyone interested in issues around the representation of minorities, identity, and displacement, as well as for anyone studying cinema in and about Turkey.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Memory, Identity: The Turkish Context- Memory and Cinema- Turkey: Remembering and Forgetting- The Military Coup and the Post-1980s- Cinema in Turkey: A Brief OverviewChapter 3: Recurring Themes and Motifs:- Politics of Language- Silence- Space/Spatial Relations- Haunting- EpistolarityChapter 4: Representing Minorities:- The Context and the Overview of the Films- Close-up: Politiki Kouzina/A Touch of Spice- Close-up: Bulutlari Beklerken/Waiting for the CloudsChapter 5: Representing the Unrepresentable: Ararat and the Armenian Genocide- Historical Overview: 1915 and its Aftermath- Overview of Films- Close-up: Ararat- Layers of Reception: Beyond AraratChapter 6: The Kurdish Question in Films- Turkey’s “Kurdish Question” and Cinema- Close up: Gunese Yolculuk/Journey to the Sun- Close-up: Buyuk Adam Kucuk Ask/Hejar- Close-up: Gitmek/My Marlon and Brando- Close-up: DOL: The Valley of TambourinesChapter 7: Conclusion: Some Afterthoughts and Once Upon a Time in AnatoliaBibliographyIndex

Özlem Köksal is Lecturer in Film Television and Moving Image at the University of Westminster, UK.

A brilliant volume that will become a canonical text in the studies of the cinema of Turkey. Ozlem Koksal eloquently and impeccably scrutinizes the concept of displacement and its representation within films about minorities in Turkey. Koksal rigorously analyzes these films in the light of memory, language, and minority experience while providing a brilliant and engaging history of Turkish cinema—particularly its relationship to aesthetics, identity, and genocide. Aesthetics of Displacement is indispensable for anyone interested in issues around the representation of minorities, identity, and displacement, as well as for anyone studying cinema in and about Turkey.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Memory, Identity: The Turkish Context- Memory and Cinema- Turkey: Remembering and Forgetting- The Military Coup and the Post-1980s- Cinema in Turkey: A Brief OverviewChapter 3: Recurring Themes and Motifs:- Politics of Language- Silence- Space/Spatial Relations- Haunting- EpistolarityChapter 4: Representing Minorities:- The Context and the Overview of the Films- Close-up: Politiki Kouzina/A Touch of Spice- Close-up: Bulutlari Beklerken/Waiting for the CloudsChapter 5: Representing the Unrepresentable: Ararat and the Armenian Genocide- Historical Overview: 1915 and its Aftermath- Overview of Films- Close-up: Ararat- Layers of Reception: Beyond AraratChapter 6: The Kurdish Question in Films- Turkey’s “Kurdish Question” and Cinema- Close up: Gunese Yolculuk/Journey to the Sun- Close-up: Buyuk Adam Kucuk Ask/Hejar- Close-up: Gitmek/My Marlon and Brando- Close-up: DOL: The Valley of TambourinesChapter 7: Conclusion: Some Afterthoughts and Once Upon a Time in AnatoliaBibliographyIndex

Özlem Köksal is Lecturer in Film Television and Moving Image at the University of Westminster, UK.

A brilliant volume that will become a canonical text in the studies of the cinema of Turkey. Ozlem Koksal eloquently and impeccably scrutinizes the concept of displacement and its representation within films about minorities in Turkey. Koksal rigorously analyzes these films in the light of memory, language, and minority experience while providing a brilliant and engaging history of Turkish cinema—particularly its relationship to aesthetics, identity, and genocide. Aesthetics of Displacement is indispensable for anyone interested in issues around the representation of minorities, identity, and displacement, as well as for anyone studying cinema in and about Turkey.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Memory, Identity: The Turkish Context- Memory and Cinema- Turkey: Remembering and Forgetting- The Military Coup and the Post-1980s- Cinema in Turkey: A Brief OverviewChapter 3: Recurring Themes and Motifs:- Politics of Language- Silence- Space/Spatial Relations- Haunting- EpistolarityChapter 4: Representing Minorities:- The Context and the Overview of the Films- Close-up: Politiki Kouzina/A Touch of Spice- Close-up: Bulutlari Beklerken/Waiting for the CloudsChapter 5: Representing the Unrepresentable: Ararat and the Armenian Genocide- Historical Overview: 1915 and its Aftermath- Overview of Films- Close-up: Ararat- Layers of Reception: Beyond AraratChapter 6: The Kurdish Question in Films- Turkey’s “Kurdish Question” and Cinema- Close up: Gunese Yolculuk/Journey to the Sun- Close-up: Buyuk Adam Kucuk Ask/Hejar- Close-up: Gitmek/My Marlon and Brando- Close-up: DOL: The Valley of TambourinesChapter 7: Conclusion: Some Afterthoughts and Once Upon a Time in AnatoliaBibliographyIndex